Giving birth is one crucial aspect in a mother's life. However, many women lost their jobs because of the lengthened maternity leave. New businesses have retained their employees by allowing telecommuting from home.

Record unemployment has propelled work-at-home scams to a whopping 60-to-1 ratio, up from 30-to-1 in 2006. The ratio is expected to worsen as consumer-protection agencies struggle with budget cuts and increasingly-sophisticated scammers.

China has been able to manufacture almost every item at a fraction of the cost as compared to America. The economics of scale, favorable government policies, low cost of labor etc. has made this possible.

China has been able to manufacture almost every item at a fraction of the cost as compared to America. The economics of scale, favorable government policies, low cost of labor etc. has made this possible.